Faucet-housing.



A. ROGERS.

FAUCET HOUSING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I3. I9I5.

l ,22 09 3 Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

f I l f l ALFRED ROGERS, 01E' MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Fencer-HOUSING.

Application filed April 13, 1915.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that l, ALFRED ROGERS, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Milton, in the county of Norfolkand State specification of Leners Patent.

of Massachusetts, haveinvented certa-in newI and useful linproveinentsin Faucet-Hous ings, of which the following is a specication. y

The object of the present invention is to firovide a non-corrodiblehousing for a faucet and a non-corrodible handle for a faucet, wherebyall the metal parts may be concealed. The housing and handle may be madeof china, Celluloid, oriron covered with enamel.A The practicaladvantage of the non-corrodible elements is that they dispense with thenecessity of plating and polishing the metal parts which have hithertobeen exposed to view.

The invention consists. also in an improved form of connection between achina handle and the valve of a hot-water faucet, whereby the handlewill be free from liability of being brokenor cracked by stresses due toexpansion and contraction of the metal parts.

0f the accompanying drawings, which illustrate two forms in which theinvention may be embodied:

Figure 1 represents a sectional view in-V cluding a portion of a basin,a portion of a basin slab,a faucet, a faucet housing com posed ofnon-corrodible material sucli as china, and a faucet handle composed ofsuch non-corrodible material.

Fig. 2 re resents a. bottom plan view, on a smaller sca e, of thenon-corrodible housingv shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a section through the structure intersected by line3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 represents a sectional View siniliar to Fig. 1., showing anotherforni of nonecorrodible housing and anothei" form of noncorrodiblehandle.

Fig. 5 represents a bottom plan view, on a smaller scale, of the housingincluded in Fig. 4.

Fig.- 6 represents a section through the structure intersect-ed by line(S+-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. represents a sectional view through the structure intersected byline` 7-7 of Fig. 4.

The saine reference characters indicate the same -parts wherever theyoccur.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to' 3, a portion of a basinis indicated at10, and a portion .of a

lwithout disturbing the faucet.

Serial No. 21,098.

basin slab is indicated at V11. I have shown a well-known form of basinfaucet the body portion of which is indicated at l2, and the spout ofwhich is indicated at 13. The fauopening 17 through which the stein 14extends.

A housing or shell composed of noircoi rodible'material, such as china,and coni prising a substantially tubular body portion 20 and aspoutportion 21, is arranged to cover the body portion and spout portion ofthe faucet.` The body/portion 2O is open at both ends, its base endhaving a flat rini which is seated against the slab. The spout portionalso hasa flat rim, indicated at 23., which is likewise seated againstthe slab and which, in conjunction with the rini 22, forms a continuousflat rim the major portion of which isseated against theslab, While theportion which projects beyond the slab, at the right of Fig. 1, providesan .opening through which water may flow from the faucet spout-13.Inthis form the base opening ispartly in the -body portion 20 and partlyin the spout portion 21, and the lions ing is for this reason capable ofbeing apf plied and removed without being tipped and The body portion 20tapers from its base end to its opposite end, the base end beingenlarged to give clearance for theflange 15 and to give the housingample breadth of bearing upon the slab. The opposite end portion of thebody portion 20 is preferably cylindric in form and is substantiallysmaller in diameter than the base end, both for the sake of appearancesand also to cooperate with the handle, as hereinafter specified, toconceal the metal arts by nected to tlie faucet.

A sleeve 24 coperates with the faucet to secure the housing member inplace. 'lliis lsleeve has a iange 25 which projects later ally and whichis seated upon the end face of the smaller 'endnf the body portion 20.

The sleeve and faucet have coacting screw e* Patented Apr. 3, ist?.

which the handle is conics the Viiange 25 to bear against the 4shell orA handle composed of non-corrodible ma terial, suchas china, isindicated at 27. YIn the form shown by Fig. 1 the Ahandle is formedwithan annular groove 28, and with an annular rim or flange 29 whichoverlaps the smaller end of the body portion 2() when thev faucet isclosed, ,to conceal the metal` parts which would otherwise be exposed toview between the handle and the shell or housing. The valve 30 of thefaucet has a metal stem 31, and the handle 2?'is tted with a metalsocket Ymember' 32 which receives the stem 31 andis detachablysecuredtothe latter by a screw 33. lThe socketmember 32 is permanently securedIin a`socket'34 in the handle, a suitable hard adhesive substance 35,such as a mixture of litharge and glycerin, being used for this purpose.vThe valve 30 and body portion 12 have copera-y tive screw-threads 36and 37-which cause the valve to move tow'ai-,dand from 'its seat 38 inconsequence of turning the handle 27;

To attach the shell' or housing, the parts are assembled as follo'ws.The faucet may first be installed in the'position shown, but the sleeve24 and handle 27 will not vbe attached until after the shell orhousinghas been applied. Assuming that the faucet is secured as shown,the shell or housing may be placed over the faucet and arranged upon theslab' as shown. The sleeve 24 may then be screwed on to the faucet asfar as the shell or housing will permit, thedatter being therebycentered relatively to the faucet and securely held against the slab.The handle 27 lmay then be attached, but for this pur pose the valve 30must bev unscrewed sufficiently to leave a substantial'space between'the rim 2,9 and flange 25 to enable the screw 33 to be inserted. Whenthe handle has been aittached by the screw? 33 the valve may be screwedto its seat and the assemblage is then readyor use.

ln the form shown by Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the non-corrodible shell orhousing comprises a Substantially tubular' thoughtapering body portion20 and a spout portion 21a. ln each of thetwo forms of housingth'e spoutpor# tion extends laterally fromv the sideoffthe body portion, but inthe` form shownyby Fig.

4 the base portion extends beyond `itsjunc-ri tion with the spoutportion. .Continuing the description of the torni shownA by ifigs.' 4^,5 and 6, the body portion 2G" has a circular base rim 22 which bearsagainst the slab, the spout portion 2li being offset. from the rim. Thisstyle of shell or housing/is formed in accordance with thc faucet,Awhich differs "the housin right to lett, rst passing the rim 22 over'tion would be as follows. which `are shown ns being threaded in theromthe faucet shown in Fig. 1 in that the .body portion 12 is longer andits buse end proJects a greater distance beyond the junction with thespout portion 13a. In other respects the :faucets are similar.

The operation of applying the housing l20, 21a'requires tipping in orderto pass be detached to remove the stem 31 from the i necessary path ofthe rim 22a. In applying the latter will be-moved from the discharge endof the spout 13a so that ,the spout will enter the base end ofthetubular portion 20 and then enter the spout portion 21, the body portion20 being carried over the body portion 12 of the faucet and linallylvarranged upon the slab as 'as that indicated at 34 in Fig. 1, has anangular stud portion 34. This stud portion is arranged in a socketformed by an angular flange 32b formed upon a socket member The stud 34;is secured to the socket' 32. member by. a suitable hard adhesivesubstance such as a mixture oflitharge and glycerin. The expansion ofthe flange 32", Adue to the effect of hot water, does not have ,anytendency to split or burst the stud portion 34, or any other portion ofthe handle, nor would excessive contraction of the flange 32b result inbreaking the handle, because any stress due to such contraction would becompressive, and the stud portion 31.1. could well sustain compressivestress without being broken.

In the foregoing explanation of the mode of assembling the structureshown by Fig.

.4, it has been'assurncd that the valve 30* and handle 27y would beconnected 4,llbefore the valve would he screwed into the body .of thefaucet. Proceeding on this assumption,.the remainder of the assemblingopera- The screws 40 flange 25 wouldbe removed, or at least unscrewedsufliciently to have their inner cnds llushfwith the internal surface ofsleeve "2412; 'This would enable the flange 41, which is formed upon thesocket member 32, to 130 y shown. When the shell or housing has beenpass beyond the screws 4:0, and the latter would then be screwed in tothe positions shown before the valve is screwed in far enough to carrytl rim 29a of the handle beyond the said screws. Having eet the fserewsa() in the positions shown, the valve' the annular roove 2S in thehandle are??v are eoneealed bythe rim of the handle.

l. The combination with a slab, and a. faucet arranged in contiguousrelation thereto, ot a detachable faucet housingcornposed ofnon-eorrodible material and conaprising a body 'portion and a spoutportion aranged to house the body portion and spout portion,respectively, of the faucet, said housing being seated against saidslab.

2. The combination with a slab, and a taueet arranged in contiguousrelation thereto, of a faucet housing of non-eorrodible materialarranged to bear against said slab and to house said faucet,saidlhousing having a tubularv portion surrounding the valve stem ofsaid faucet, and. a handle of non-eorrodble material carried by saidvalve stein, said handle having; an annular groove andsaidtubular'portion protrud ing into said groove.

3. The combination with a slab, and a faucet arranged in contiguousArelation thereto, ot' a faucet housing ot' non-corrodible'material'arranged to bear against said 'sl-ah and to house saidt'aueet, said housing having a tubular portion surrounding the valvestem. oit` said faucet, anda handle oi iionroi'iodible niaterial farriedby said valve stein, said handle having* a 4rim overlapping said tubularportion.

4. The tombination with a faucet having'- an operating stem, of a faucethousing otnon-"oorrodible material havlng an opening` in which saidsteinis arranged, an ope 1atingr handle of non-Corrodil'ile material, andmeans detaehably connecting said handle and stem, said housing andhandle having cooperative lapped portions arranged to con eeal said.lconnecting means.

vIn testimony whereof have aHiXed my signature.

. ALFRED ROGERS

